This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.hunt/3520.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Sharon, My great great grandfather was William C. Smith, b. 1830, reportedly in TN. Sometime after birth he migrated (either alone or with family, I do not know) and is next found in AR 1850 census(Calhoun Co.), He marries Sarah Elizabeth Warren in 1853 and raised several children. At some point after , I think, 1885/6 he moves to Choctaw Nation and is on the 1900 census. He must have come through Greenville, as one of his sons, Joel W. Smith shows to have married an Exer Stevenson in Shady Grove, Hunt Co., TX. Joel and Exer are also found on the 1900 Choctaw Nation census. Sometime later, Joel and his family move back to Greenville and lived in and around that area until their deaths. Do you have a Dorey J. or J. Dorey Smith, (son) of JOel and Exer in your history? Let me know if any of these names are in your line and maybe we can figure out this elusive family. Sandy